Estimated Salary Cap for 2010-2011 Season

[.GR]

NBA teams received tentative projections from the league warning that the cap is estimated to drop to somewhere between $50.4 million and $53.6 million for the 2010-11 season

 

[Pugz]

In addition to the announcement of the 2009-10 salary cap, NBA teams received tentative projections from the league office warning that the cap is estimated to drop to somewhere between $50.4 million and $53.6 million for the 2010-11 season.

The official league memorandum, obtained by ESPN.com, forecasts a dip in basketball-related income in the 2009-10 season of 2.5 percent to 5 percent, which threatens to take the 2010-11 cap down some $5 million to $8 million from last season's $58.7 million salary cap.

Via ESPN

 

[sheed]

That is a huge ass drop.

 

[.GR]

Will really effect that 2010 FA class.

 

[playmaker7]

Bahaha to the people who were so high on getting 2 superstars

 

[Gaillour13]

Bahaha to the people who were so high on getting 2 superstars

Even getting one will be tough if it really does drop like 10 mil.

 

[playmaker7]

I'm actually glad because you'll see more loyalty from guys who've been with their team since Draft Day

And the Lakers weren't getting any anyways lol

 

[sheed]

This probably means a lot of players will be signing extensions and stuff.

 

[dez]

Bahaha to the people who were so high on getting 2 superstars

We're still gonna get two.

 

[elcheato]

I don't know how you judge super stars but the only two super stars I see in the 2010 FA class are Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, and neither are going to New York.

 

[VC15]

We're still gonna get two.

Care to name them for us?

 

[dez]

I don't know how you judge super stars but the only two super stars I see in the 2010 FA class are Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, and neither are going to New York.

Wade isnt, as for LeBron it seems up in the air now.

And DH34, I can name one... Stoudemire.

 

[elcheato]

How is it up in the air, I think it is more clear then ever he is staying. And Amare is no super star.

 

[dez]

You guys bringing in Shaq is nice.

But why does it make him more likley to stay? The Cavs havent built the right team around him, Shaq only has so many years left, so does Ilgauskas. So he's left with West and Williams.

And I doubt thats enticing enough to stay.

As for Amare being a superstar, he's one of the top PF's in the game, so I would classify him as a superstar.

 

[RipCity32]

dez, they said on SportsCenter, that if the Knicks don't trade Curry and/or Jeffries, that they can only max out on 1 player.

 

[elcheato]

You guys bringing in Shaq is nice.

But why does it make him more likley to stay? The Cavs havent built the right team around him, Shaq only has so many years left, so does Ilgauskas. So he's left with West and Williams.

And I doubt thats enticing enough to stay.

As for Amare being a superstar, he's one of the top PF's in the game, so I would classify him as a superstar.

And going to the Knicks to play with Danilo Gallinari is very enticing.

If you can't play defense to go along with your great offensive, I don't consider you a super star.

 

[playmaker7]

Amare is a superstar

Wade is too

LeBron is too

Bosh hasn't proved he is yet

Dirk is a superstar even though thats up in the air lol

 

[dez]

Hughes - 13mil expiring
Harrington - 10mil expiring
Mobley - 9mil expiring
Darko - 7mil expiring
Duhon - 6mil exiring

Thats 45mil coming off the books Rip, we have just 18mil in contracts for the 2010/11 season.. meaning we'll have enough for 2. ESPN needs to check their books again lol

Yeah it is. Alot more enticing then playing with a team that has already proven they cant get it done. Not to mention Chandler and possibly Nate/Lee or whoever we get for them.

And your standards for a superstar are fair, but I still consider him a superstar on the fact alone he's a top PF

 

[playmaker7]

Hughes - 13mil expiring
Harrington - 10mil expiring
Mobley - 9mil expiring
Darko - 7mil expiring
Duhon - 6mil exiring

Thats 45mil coming off the books Rip, we have just 18mil in contracts for the 2010/11 season.. meaning we'll have enough for 2. ESPN needs to check their books again lol

Yeah it is. Alot more enticing then playing with a team that has already proven they cant get it done. Not to mention Chandler and possibly Nate/Lee or whoever we get for them.

And your standards for a superstar are fair, but I still consider him a superstar on the fact alone he's a top PF

Alot of people wouldn't say Dirk is a superstar because he isn't a skilled defender and is "soft"

But I guarantee those same people would jizz if Dirk was on their team

He's a superstar in my mind but hes also one of my faves lol

 

[RipCity32]

Just reporting what Chris Broussard said lol.